Question

When colonial Americans began to lose a sense of unity with the British, which eventually led to American Independence, it was largely due to the

a) rise of a new and distinct American political culture.


b) desire to become a world superpower.


c) need to dissolve the thirteen colonies.


d) desire to copy the French model of government.

Answer 1

Even after the repeal of the Stamp Act, many colonists still had grievances with British colonial policies. For example, the Mutiny (or Quartering) Act of 1765 required colonial assemblies to house and supply British soldiers. Many colonists objected to the presence of a "standing army" in the colonies. Many also objected to being required to provide housing and supplies, which looked like another attempt to tax them without their consent, even though disguised. Several colonial assemblies refused to vote the mandated supplies. The British then disbanded the New York assembly in 1767 to make an example of it. Many non-New Yorkers resented this action, seeing rightly that their own assembly could also be shut down.